Mistral
Mistral Large 3
Mistral Large 3 is a Mistral model with 262K context, $0.50 in / $1.50 out per million tokens, last verified September 5, 2026. Open weights: yes. Public-board scores are linked to the publisher; vendor-only figures stay in the watch-out, not on the board.
Mistral Large 3 is Mistral's flagship — 262K-context, multimodal, Apache-2.0 open-weight at $0.50/$1.50.
Catalog record checked September 5, 2026Individual provider fields may change
| Specification | Mistral Large 3 |
|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral |
| Tier | Frontier |
| Context window | 262K |
| Max output | 262K |
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.50 |
| Output / 1M tokens | $1.50 |
| Weights | Open |
| Parameters | 675B total / 41B active (sparse MoE) |
| Reasoning levels | Not verifiedUnverified |
| Modalities | text, image |
| License | Apache 2.0 |
| API model id | mistral-large-3 |
| Released | December 1, 2025 |
Pricing tiers: Mistral first-party API $0.50/$1.50 per MTok; cached input $0.05/MTok. Open weights (Apache 2.0), EU-hosted.
Verified evidence
Published benchmark results
Each result keeps its source and measurement date visible. A missing benchmark is not treated as a zero.
| Benchmark | Score | Measured | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index | 46 | 2026-08-14 | Artificial Analysis · View source |
| GPQA Diamond | 43.9 | 2025-12-02 | Mistral — Introducing Mistral 3 (vendor, base model, 5-shot no CoT); independent review concurs · View source |
Best for
- Open-weight deployments
- Multimodal EU-hosted inference
- Balanced frontier work
Watch out
Source receipts
Catalog figures for this model were checked against the following sources.
- Mistral docs — mistral-large-2512 (675B total / 41B active, 256K) (accessed 2026-09-05)
- Mistral — Introducing Mistral 3 (sparse MoE parameters) (accessed 2026-09-05)
Common questions
Mistral Large 3
Answered from the verified figures on this page rather than general guidance.
How much does Mistral Large 3 cost per million tokens?
Mistral Large 3 is listed at $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens at standard rates. Output tokens usually dominate real bills, so weigh the output rate more heavily than the input rate. Mistral first-party API $0.50/$1.50 per MTok; cached input $0.05/MTok. Open weights (Apache 2.0), EU-hosted.
What is Mistral Large 3's context window?
Mistral Large 3 accepts about 262K tokens of context. That only matters if you routinely send very long documents, large codebases, or multi-turn histories that approach that limit.
What is Mistral Large 3 best for?
Mistral Large 3 is a frontier tier from Mistral. It suits open-weight deployments, multimodal eu-hosted inference, balanced frontier work. Verify multimodal support and EU data-residency on your endpoint.
Can I self-host Mistral Large 3?
Mistral Large 3 publishes open weights, but self-hosting depends on the licence, hardware footprint, quantisation quality, and serving stack. A hosted API is often cheaper until you have measured throughput and concurrency on your own hardware.